Avery, Christopher; Glickman, Mark E.; Hoxby, Caroline M.; … - 2006
examples of national and regional rankings, using hand-collected data on 3,240 high-achieving students. Our statistical model … decision among colleges that have admitted him, he chooses which college "wins" in head-to-head competition. The model exploits … a college to manipulate. In contrast, it is easy to manipulate the matriculation rate and the admission rate, which are …